Durham Mining Museum - Windsor Colliery (UK) (original) (raw)

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

| | 3rd | Jun | 1902 | | 6 lives lost (Show Names) | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------- | -------- | | ---------------------------------------------------- |

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Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

| | | | | | | Ainsbury, Reginald, 14 Oct 1914, aged 19, Haulier, He was found crushed, and in a standing position, between a full tram and the coal face of a dipping stall road. No one saw the accident, but it is probable that as the horse started to pull the tram up the stall he crossed at the back of the tram, and the shaft pin slipping out, the tram ran back and caught him | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | Brace, Edgar, 03 Jun 1902, 12.45 p.m., aged 22, Sinker [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Brewster, Richard, 15 Aug 1910, aged 15, Collier, Run over by tram running uncontrolled through the fault of a haulier | | | | | | | | Coombes, James, 15 Dec 1909, aged 30, Haulier, Owing to the breakage of shackle pin, nine trams laden with stones and mortar ran down an inclined road and overtook deceased, who could easily have escaped had he not tried to get his horse out of danger. The shackle was made of 1½ inch iron and had been recently annealed | | | | | | | | Davies, Benjamin, 05 Aug 1909, aged 28, Repairer, Owing to the breakage of a heavy steel drawbar, 17 empty trams ran wild and crushed deceased against the side of the drift. Subsequent examination revealed a concealed flaw | | | | | | | | Davies, Edwin, 29 Apr 1907, 11.10 a.m., aged 32, Labourer, Deceased, a granary labourer, had been engaged in hoisting, with an electric crane, trusses of hay to the upper floor of a three storied building. After emptying the wagon, he went down the stairs to the first floor for the purpose of fetching a rope sling. He walked over the trusses of hay to the hatchway, and, in throwing the sling on to the hooks of the main crane rope as it passed through the opening, overbalanced, and fell through on to the buffers of the wagon standing beneath. The hatchways were fenced to a height of 2 ft. 7 ins., but the hay had been piled level with the top of the fencing | | | | | | | | Davies, James Daniel, 16 Dec 1912, aged 22, Collier's Helper, He was overtaken and fatally injured by a journey on an engine plane | | | | | | | | Davies, Thomas, 03 Jun 1902, 12.45 p.m., aged 26, Sinker [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Davies, William, 03 Jun 1902, 12.45 p.m., aged 38, Sinker [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Evans, David, 10 Nov 1910, aged 48, Collier, Fall of side at working face, while he was trying to get a piece of top coal down | | | | | | | | Evans, John, 12 Jan 1911, aged 47, Timberman, Fall of roof while repairing a level ; while an arm of a pair of timbers was being cut away he passed under the collar to put a tool out of the way when a stone resting on the collar fell on him | | | | | | | | Evans, Theophilus, 04 Jul 1911, aged 28, Wireman, Crushed by trams which got derailed on rope haulage road at place he was engaged. He should have been in a manhole, but was not | | | | | | | | Gatehouse, John, 28 Nov 1908, aged 41, Sinker, A shaft, 8 feet in diameter, had been sunk 22 yards from the face of a hard heading driven through a fault. It had proved the coal, and very little remained to be done in it. Deceased and his mates were sitting at the top of the shaft, eating their food, when the chargeman, who was some distance away, called deceased. He got up and walked quickly towards the chargeman, and right into the shaft, having evidently forgotten it. The opening at the top of the shaft was 34 inches square, and should have been fenced | | | | | | | | Harper, Gwilym, 04 Jan 1913, aged 33, Master Haulier, Whilst riding in on an empty set of trams, some of them became derailed ; he was thrown out, fracturing his skull | | | | | | | | Harris, Henry, 28 Oct 1893, aged 16, Collier's boy, Fall of roof at face while working with another boy (his collier having left the stall to assist his brother). The deceased had started to get coal when the roof at front of rippings fell. It was said there was a centre prop. Two feet-nine seam | | | | | | | | Hawketts, Gilbert Thomas, 20 Jun 1912, aged 18, Collier's Helper, Fall of side at working face. A piece of top coal fell as he was at work at the face, causing fracture of skull | | | | | | | | Hugh, John, 05 Jul 1909, aged 27, Haulier, Two horses hitched together were pulling, at a smart pace, a tram of coal out of the face of a heading dipping 4 inches per yard. Deceased was riding on the "gun" when his head came in contact with a collar, 4 feet 10 inches above the rail. The timbers on either side were 15 inches higher | | | | | | | | Hughes, David, 16 Feb 1912, (accident: 15 Feb 1912), aged 38, Master Haulier, Owing to a shackle pin rising an empty tram ran back and crushed deceased against a prop. A bar-hook should have been used. He died as a result of his injuries the following day | | | | | | | | Hughes, John, 14 May 1925, aged 52, Repairer, Caught between trams and fall. Fied 16th | | | | | | | | Hughes, John E., 24 May 1908, aged 44, Sinker, Deceased and five other sinkers were engaged in putting iron rings inside the shaft walling to strengthen it, as there had been a recent heavy crush. They worked on a half moon stage attached to the top of the cage. About 2.30 p.m. they descended after having been up to dinner, and were getting out of the cage at the 4 feet landing to get on to the cage top, when deceased did not step far enough, and fell down the pit. The distance he had to step across was too great, being 27 inches | | | | | | | | Humphreys, Daniel, 30 Jan 1911, aged 56, Labourer, Fall of roof on road. In order to pull a derailed tram on to the rails, he fastened a prop-drawer to a post which he had partly cut through for the purpose of withdrawing it, and the strain discharged the post and the roof fell on him | | | | | | | | Ind, William, 01 Jan 1914, aged 23, Collier's helper, Fall of coal at face | | | | | | | | Isaac, Thomas, 08 Apr 1910, aged 48, Haulier, Fall of roof on horse road along which he was passing with a horse and tram. Several settings of timber were discharged by the fall | | | | | | | | Jenkins, Thomas, 05 Feb 1910, aged 44, Repairer, Fall of roof from a concealed slant at ripping brow in stall road. Jenkins left the stall he was instructed to work in and went to a stall which had been allotted to another man ; here after trying to bar the roof down he knocked a post out and the roof immediately fell, killing him and a haulier standing near [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Jenkins, William, 02 Apr 1927, (accident: 21 Mar 1927), aged 26, Assistant repairer, Struck by runaway trams — broken shoulder. Died 2nd Apr | | | | | | | | Jones, Caradog, 19 Sep 1909, aged 45, Repairer, Fall of roof. On road, cliff, 14 feet by 8 feet by 52 inches thick, a portion of which he was trying to get down, fell on him. He and the fireman had tested the roof a few minutes before. Nine feet seam | | | | | | | | Jones, Evan, 12 Nov 1907, 4.30 a.m., aged 44, Repairer, Fall of side. On road, cliff, 3 ft. by 6 ins. by 18 ins. thick, fell off the side. Two pairs of timber had been taken out the previous shift because they were too low, and deceased had stood two arms, and was filling a tram on which to stand to put up the collar, when the fall occurred. Nine-feet seam | | | | | | | | Jones, John, 04 Sep 1911, aged 33, Haulier, He was crushed between a tram at rest on a dip and another let down by a rope | | | | | | | | Jones, John Pearce, 25 Nov 1911, (accident: 17 Nov 1911), Repairer, Fall of roof on road. A small stone fell on his head while he was lifting out a loose post for repairs. He died from blood poisoning on 25th November, 1911 | | | | | | | | Jones, Thomas, 08 Feb 1912, aged 22, Assistant Repairer, He was crushed against the side of the road by a loose timber that was being dragged along by a tram which had left the rails. He died the same day from his injuries | | | | | | | | Jones, William, 18 Nov 1911, aged 29, Haulier, Owing to the breaking of a shackle, a journey of trams ran back and killed Jones, who was walking out at the end of his shift | | | | | | | | King, Albert, 14 Jan 1910, aged 21, Collier, Fall of roof at working face where a new heading was being turned away. Another young collier was injured by the fall. The contractor for whom they worked had knocked out a post supporting the stone which fell, without setting double timber according to instructions | | | | | | | | Kingdom, Richard, 26 Feb 1907, 4.45 a.m., aged 30, Repairer, Fall of roof. Deceased and other men were putting additional timbers to support the heavy framing timbers at the junction of two roads, when about 12 or 15 tons of cliff, from the roof and side of a cavity above the timbers, fell, knocked out three pairs of timber, and buried three of the men [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Lewis, L. F., 13 Apr 1911, (accident: 12 Apr 1911), aged 16, Collier Boy, A horse was bringing out a full tram past an empty tram standing at the mouth of a stall and beside which deceased was standing when the full tram struck the empty and the latter struck deceased in the stomach causing injuries from which he died next day | | | | | | | | Llewellyn, Samuel, 25 Mar 1914, aged 37, Haulier, When bringing out a journey of 5 or 6 trams of coal over the crossing into a double parting the second tram jumped the rails and crushed him against the side of the road | | | | | | | | Manley, H., 03 Feb 1910, aged 33, Labourer, Crushed by tram while going in front and holding it back on an inclination of 2½ inches per yard | | | | | | | | Matthews, Samuel, 03 Jun 1902, 12.45 p.m., aged 23, Sinker [More information ...] | | | | | | | | McCarthy, John, 26 Feb 1907, 4.45 a.m., aged 25, Assistant Repairer, Fall of roof. Deceased and other men were putting additional timbers to support the heavy framing timbers at the junction of two roads, when about 12 or 15 tons of cliff, from the roof and side of a cavity above the timbers, fell, knocked out three pairs of timber, and buried three of the men [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Merryweather, W. H., 04 Jan 1910, aged 43, Labourer, Fall of side while assisting to repair a road | | | | | | | | Oldfield, Arthur, 14 May 1908, aged 28, Collier, Fall of side. At face, deceased was watching his partner pulling down, with a bar, a slip of top coal from in front of which two sprags had been removed. A larger piece of coal than was expected fell, and struck out a newly set pair of timber, an arm of which struck him on the forehead and killed him. The coal which fell was 16 feet long. Four feet seam | | | | | | | | Oliver, Shem, 02 May 1907, 7.45 p.m., aged 32, Ripper, Fall of roof. On road, as deceased and another man were filling rubbish from the sides of a heading, a pair of timbers, an arm of which he had probably undermined by shovelling, gave way, and seven tons of rubbish and lags fell on deceased and broke his neck. The arm had most likely not been well sunk into the bottom. Four-feet seam | | | | | | | | Owen, Robert, 18 Jul 1907, 3.25 a.m., aged 43, Ripper, Fall of roof. On road. Deceased had taken out two pairs of timber at the mouth of a stall, and had ripped about two tons of roof down. Instead of completing the ripping, he commenced to clear away the rubbish, when a few stones fell on his head and shoulders and dislocated his neck. The roof was much broken at the spot, and he ought to have finished ripping before doing anything else. Four-feet seam | | | | | | | | Phillips, Richard, 22 Jan 1896, (accident: 08 Jul 1895), aged 41, Collier, Fall of roof at face (rippings) after firing a shot in the coal some props knocked out by shot. Two feet nine seam. Died 22nd January 1896 | | | | | | | | Plumbly, Edward, 15 May 1912, aged 23, Door Minder, He was knocked down and killed by an empty tram which ran wild down an incline of 2½ inches in the yard | | | | | | | | Purslow, Stanley, 15 Jan 1909, (accident: 11 Jan 1909), aged 29, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal and cliff, about a ton weight, crushed a sprag out, fell on deceased and injured his face and head so severely that he died in 4 days from septic pneumonia. Four feet seam | | | | | | | | Richards, William, 03 Jun 1902, 12.45 p.m., aged 34, Sinker [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Simon, William Henry, 03 Jul 1912, aged 21, Haulage Man, The journey ran away for a short distance owing to the driver of the engine loosing control of the brakes for a few seconds, during this short run the trams struck deceased and crushed him into the side causing fatal injuries, Buried: St. Ilan's Church, Eglwysilan | | | | | | | | Strong, Joseph, 01 Aug 1894, (accident: 30 Jul 1894), aged 16, Collier's boy, Fall of side (top coal 9ft. x 18ins. x 18ins thick) which he was said to be taking down Two feet nine seam. Died 1st August | | | | | | | | Thomas, D., 25 Nov 1908, (accident: 02 Oct 1908), aged 28, Hitcher, Deceased was struck on the head by a stone, which fell from a tram that had just been landed at the surface. The "penthouse" was within 6 inches of the sides and ends of the cages. He had a large wound on the back of his head and concussion of the brain. He improved in health up to November 15th, when meningitis set in. A portion of the skull was removed on the 17th to relieve brain pressure, and he improved for a few days but died on November 25th | | | | | | | | Thomas, David, 25 Aug 1904, (accident: 16 Aug 1904, 3.15 p.m.), aged 23, Collier, Fall of roof. At face, rock, 2½ ft. by 18 ins. by 4 ins. thick, fell from between two diagonal slips, as he pulled down some coal. His skull was fractured at the base, and he died in nine days. Two feet nine seam | | | | | | | | Thomas, George, 07 Jan 1910, aged 43, Collier, Fall of roof at working face from converging slants, while he was preparing to stand a post | | | | | | | | Thomas, Owen, 26 Feb 1914, (accident: 18 Feb 1914), aged 46, Haulier, Fall of side as he was walking along the haulage in front of his horse. He died at Cardiff Infirmary on the 28th February, 1914 | | | | | | | | Ward, Joseph, 29 Apr 1906, (accident: 05 Mar 1906, 10 a.m.), aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof. Deceased had been ripping roof, and was clearing away the rubbish produced, when a stone, 3 or 4 inches square, fell from the edge of the rippings and cut his forehead slightly. He continued working until the 13th March, when he had to give up owing to fits. He was operated upon on the 12th April, and an abscess on the brain was found near the cut. He died from the effects of the abscess on the 29th April | | | | | | | | Warren, John, 03 Apr 1911, aged 37, Shackler, While he was assisting to put two trams on the road near pit bottom a journey of trams was let down at an excessive speed and crushed him | | | | | | | | Watkins, Thomas, 04 Jun 1908, (accident: 01 Jun 1908), aged 21, Collier, Fall of side. At face, coal, 9 feet by 2 feet by 34 inches thick, broke off the face, crushed out a sprag set 3 feet from one end, fell on deceased and injured him so badly that he died in three days. The sprag was said to have been well set. Four feet seam | | | | | | | | Williams, David Henry, 12 Jan 1905, 7.30 p.m., aged 27, Haulier, Fall of roof. On road. Deceased was taking a tram filled with cog wood towards the faces, when it got off the rails, struck out a prop which had been set under the collar of a pair of timbers, one arm of which was broken, and caused the pair of timbers to fall. About two tons of rubbish fell on deceased and killed him. Four feet seam | | | | | | | | Williams, Owen, 05 Feb 1910, aged 23, Haulier, Fall of roof from a concealed slant at ripping brow in stall road. Jenkins left the stall he was instructed to work in and went to a stall which had been allotted to another man ; here after trying to bar the roof down he knocked a post out and the roof immediately fell, killing him and a haulier standing near [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Wood, Griffith, 03 Jun 1902, 12.45 p.m., aged 45, Sinker [More information ...] | | | | | | | | Woodward, Edward, 04 Jul 1910, (accident: 03 Jul 1910), aged 46, Reapirer, Kicked by horse in stable. Spleen ruptured, died next day | | | | | | | | | | 59 names found | | | | | |

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Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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Sources:

• 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
• 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177), Cardiff District (No. 10) by F. A. Gray, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), South Wales District (No. 7) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), South Wales Division (No. 5) by Dr. W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
• 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
• 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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